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John Healey
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(11 years, 8 months ago)
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Anna Soubry
We are considering what has been a huge consultation, but I must correct my hon. Friend—I am in no way criticising her—because it is not plain packaging, but what we call standardised packaging. If, like me, hon. Members were to see the cigarette packets now issued in Australia, they would realise that they are far from plain. Some would say that they are a counterfeiter’s nightmare, not a charter for counterfeiters.
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab)
People remember the massive improvements in cancer care services under Labour. Now, more and more people are having to wait longer and longer for those crucial diagnostic cancer tests, when they might be worried sick about what they will have to face. Is the Minister happy that more people are waiting longer and what is she doing now to cut those waiting times?
Anna Soubry
We have invested £450 million in improving exactly the matter that the right hon. Gentleman raises, and I do not share his analysis one bit.